FIVE FIRST SATURDAYS DEVOTION 

Join us every FIRST SATURDAY of each month in the church following the 8:00 a.m. Mass.  We will pray the Rosary and spend 15 minutes in meditation in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. For any questions, contact Maria Alejandra at (626) 993-4236.

MORE INFO ON THE DEVOTION: In 1917, at Fatima, Our Lady asked us to make the Five First Saturdays Devotion as reparation to her Immaculate Heart: “I promise to assist at the moment of death, with all the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months shall confess, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep Me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to Me.”

Apparitions in Fatima: The apparitions of the Angel of Peace in 1916 were a prelude and a divine preparation to Our Lady's Apparitions of 1917 in Fatima. In the spring of 1916, three children—Lucia (9), Francisco (8), and Jacinta (6)—received the visit of an Angel at Cova da Iria near the village of Fatima in Portugal. The angel told the children: “Do not be afraid! I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me.” He prostrated himself with his forehead touching the ground, and repeated the following prayer three times:

“My God, I believe; I adore; I trust, and I love Thee. I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not trust, and do not love thee” (Fatima Pardon Prayer).   “Pray thus,” said the Angel before departing. “The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplication.”